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Congratulations, you have now installed the add-in. To start using it in Visual Studio, launch the Toolbox from the button in Server Explorer, or from the Tools menu:
If you like this free tool, I would be very grateful for a review
You can always get in touch with me on Twitter - @ErikEJ
The Toolbox requires one of these SQL Server Compact runtime MSIs to be installed, if you want to connect to a SQL Server Compact database file:
Download 3.5 SP2 - installed with VS 2010
Download 4.0 SP1 - installed with VS 2012 (No runtimes are installed with VS 2013 and VS 2015)
If you would like more information about using the Toolbox, you can watch a 32 minute demo video (version 4, mainly SQLite) or watch a 25 minute demo video (version 2.6 (SQL Compact) on Channel 9, or you can download an overview e-book Building Standalone Data-Driven Applications using SQL Server Compact 4.0. I also have a number of feature blog posts available.
Demo video on Channel 9 (version 4.0)
Demo video on Channel 9 (version 2.6)
If you encounter a bug or have a feature request, please use the Issue Tracker
The Toolbox is open source and welcomes any contribution.
In order to build the source code, use Visual Studio 2015. You will also need the SQL Server Compact 3.5 SP2 and 4.0 runtimes installed. To debug, make VsToolbox the startup project, and ensure your build configuration is Debug, x86 (not AnyCPU)